Improved boot-jack



g vtiuited 5mmmeeaeewr--A JOSEPH DARDEN, OF WASHINGTON, 'DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

i Letters Patent No. 84,862,1d'ated December' 15, i868. i

INIPROVED BOOT-JACK The Schedule referred to in thesev Letters Patent and making part vof the same.V

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osEPH DARnEN, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot-Jacks; and I do hereby declare that -thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciication, in which- Figure l is a perspective View,

Figure 2, a longitudinal central section, and

Figure 3, a plan view of my improved boot-jack.

The object of my invention is to provide a boot-jack which may be used, at will, asa portable device, or stationary, as may be desired. -v

The nature of my invention consists inmaking the body of the jack of one homogeneous piece, while the same is provided4 with appliances whereby it may be conveniently used as a portable article, or be lixed permanently in any given desired localit To this end, I 'c'ast the boot-jack of metal, in one entire piece, as indicated in g. 1 of the drawings, the rear portion thereof being constructed, as well as its midway portion, plane-faced in that part of its surface, as at a a', which rests uponthe oor, indicated by red line in g. 2.

In general form it is in the similitude of a wedge, when looked at in side view, or as represented in lastnamed figure, with portions cut away between the red line and its under surface, as'at b b2, thus, in its manufacture, not only economizing metal, but' rendering. the' article light and convenient for transportation, as one of the articles necessary to a gentlemans beIongings, to be carried in his trunk.

rIhe forward portion of the jack is made in loop-form, signified at c c c, the under surface of which, at its toeportion, is rounded, inf`orde1', in a measure, to conform to the outline of a boot, when inserted therein, while the heel-portion is bevelled outwardly in such manner, at d d', as to cause the rear upper surface of the loop, at d, tov gripe the heel of the boot in the act of drawing the boot oli'.

Midway, orthereabout, `of the jack, I provide sidesupports or extensions, E, as shown in the figures, which serve the purpose of giving it a steadysupport in the act of use, and through which screw-holes, f, are made for the insertion of screws, when it is desired to fasten it permanently to the floor.

These side-supports E E are also provided with pintles, i, which, when the .jack is not permanently fastened in position, Aserve the purpose of engaging with the door, thus preventing longitudinal as well as lateral displacement of the jack while a boot is in the act of being drawn.`

It will be seen that the loop c c c, iny its rear portion, i

terminates in a suicient depth of the metal which in part composes the jack, to allow of the proper inser-y tion of the heel of a boot, as seenin red in tig.` l, while its forward or toe-portion is sufficiently elevated from the door, (indicated by red line,'fg. 2,) to readily admit the insertion of the toe-portion of the boot within the loop.

metal, and iwhich, as circumstances may dictate, can

be readily used either as a portable or fixed jack.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isf- Combining-with a boot-jack, the body of which is cast in one homogeneous piece, the side-supports E E, provided with piutles t', the whole being constructed substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

. v JOSEPH DARDEN. Witnesses:

R. T. CAMPBELL, EDM. F. BROWN. 

